Bryn Terfel

Los Angeles finally has its first new "Falstaff" in decades. We're not alone.

Verdi's last opera, for some of us the finest comic opera and finest Shakespearean opera of all, a marvel of transcendent late style, is an obviously enticing way to end the Verdi year celebrating the 200th birthday of Italy's greatest composer. Last month, San Francisco Opera replaced a decades-old production with a new "Falstaff" mounted for Bryn Terfel. Next month, New York's Metropolitan Opera will replace a decades-old "Falstaff" with a new production to be conducted by James Levine.

But L.A.'s old "Falstaff" was more than just old, it was in the actual...

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Los Angeles finally has its first new "Falstaff" in decades. We're not alone.
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